M4.6 earthquake 118 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 118 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 14, 2008, 6:11 PM GMT-4 (22:11 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 64 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-06-14 22:11:16 UTC
- Depth
- 112.5 km (69.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.581° S, 68.257° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000g9ns. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.649 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6682 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3123 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6661 days ago · 105 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.8111 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6653 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.8127 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6652 days ago · 98 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.264 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6642 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.7121 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6640 days ago · 137 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.8159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6635 days ago · 143 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2103 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6634 days ago · 200 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2167 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6627 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 5.2162 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6689 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4177 km N of Calama, Chile · 6691 days ago · 136 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6699 days ago · 124 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.143 km E of Calama, Chile · 6702 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1167 km N of Calama, Chile · 6708 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g9ns. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.